Worrying about whether AI can do your job is a blind alley, Cory Doctorow argues. The real danger is AI’s bubble: a speculative fantasy built on convincing bosses to replace workers with systems that can’t actually do what their salesmen promise.
Brexit Gave the EU a Glimpse of Its Own Future
June 23, 2016, has gone down as the day Britain departed from the mainstream by voting to leave the European Union. In reality, British politics was a few steps ahead of the curve, as the EU itself has become a vehicle for the anti-immigrant far right.
If Andy Burnham Fails, the Labour Party Will Die
Andy Burnham says he wants to end 40 years of neoliberalism. But even if he becomes prime minister, the Labour Party is running out of time to show it’s on the side of working-class communities.
Astra Taylor Wants to Fix the Constitution
By design, the Constitution is a barrier to true democracy. But the leftist writer and filmmaker Astra Taylor thinks that we shouldn’t abandon it entirely.
The Legend and Legacy of the Young Patriots Organization
The Young Patriots were a group of radical poor white Southern migrants in Chicago who allied with the Black Panthers. Their use of the Confederate flag makes them an enduring object of fascination. A new book recounts the true story.
Liberty’s Brutal Conquest
The Founders made expansion the precondition of American freedom. We must find an alternative.
Socialism cannot mean merely managing capitalism more fairly. It must point toward a society where survival is no longer contingent on the market — and where democracy extends into the economy itself.
Aber Kawas: “We Are Trying to Stand Up for Humans”
Palestinian American organizer and socialist Aber Kawas, endorsed by Zohran Mamdani, speaks to Jacobin about her campaign for New York’s state senate, her family’s history with ICE deportations, and tying the pro-Palestine movement to US domestic politics.
The Stock Market Boom Is a Boon for Billionaires
The SpaceX IPO made Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire — and exposed the hollowness of the claim that the stock market has been democratized. Nearly 90% of stocks are owned by the wealthiest 10%, and that skew is only getting more extreme.
Keir Starmer Used His Power to Trample on Human Rights
Keir Starmer marketed himself as a human rights lawyer who stood up for the downtrodden. As Britain’s prime minister, he showed nothing but contempt for human rights law, and he now leaves behind a disgraceful record of authoritarian policies.
How I, a Norwegian Socialist, Learned to Love Haaland
Erling Braut Haaland might seem like an especially showy millionaire footballer. He’s also the product of Norway’s inclusive, publicly funded model of kids’ and youth football — a system the United States can still only dream of.
Neoliberalism didn’t win an intellectual argument — it won power. Vivek Chibber unpacks how employers and political elites in the 1970s and ’80s turned economic turmoil into an opportunity to reshape society on their terms.
It’s Well Past Time for a Four-Day Workweek
Experiments with a shorter workweek have shown that working fewer hours improves worker well-being and productivity. But we can’t expect employers to implement this transformative change of their own volition.
The Value of Workers’ Contributions Is Inherently Collective
The Left argues that workers deserve the fruits of their own labor, while the Right says that some workers contribute much more than others and so deserve higher pay. But that claim overlooks the dependence of individual contributions on collective labor.
1976 Was Hollywood’s Swan Song
The mid-1970s were a good time for film buffs. But the industry was on the precipice of a long decline that has stripped productions of not only their political content but their seriousness.
Public Bailouts Are What Keeps Our Economic System Afloat
Every time our economic system generates another crash, the state is on hand with public money to bail out private losses. It’s time we stopped seeing bailouts as individual episodes and recognized them as a core feature of contemporary capitalism.